Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye: Alchemy and the End of Time » (Subsequent)

Jay Weidner is an author and filmmaker who has produced and directed documentary films on prominent contemporary figures such as the artist Alex Grey. He lives in Washington state.

Vincent Bridges is a historian, shamanic therapist, and author who has written extensively on gnosticism, alchemy, and unsolved enigmas. He lives in North Carolina.

Reveals that the alchemical transformation of base metal into gold symbolizes the transformation of the current Iron Age into the Golden Age, and that the greatest secret of alchemy, the imminent date of the apocalypse, is coded into an obscure monument in southwestern France.

Fascinating detail . . . a ground-breaking work.

Preface--Hendaye: A Monument to the Cosmos

Introduction--The Politics of Secrecy: Fulcanelli and the Secret of the End of Time

Part One Fulcanelli and the Secret of Alchemy

1--The Fulcanelli Mystery
The Apocalypse, the Lost Generation and the Rediscovery of Alchemy Le Mystère des cathédrales, Alchemy, and Surrealism A New Chapter The Fulcanelli Legend The Cross at Hendaye A Lodestone of Pure Weirdness

2-- The Secret of Alchemy
The Alchemical Meme and Secret Societies Egypt: Isis and Horus The Underground Stream: From Egypt to the Middle Ages The Underground Stream: From The Black Death to Fulcanelli The Three-Fold Transformation Transformations and Transcendence

Part Two
Eschatology and Astronomy

3--Gnostic Eschatology
Eschatology The Gnostic Return: Isis and Mary the Alchemist The Alchemical Eschatology of Christianity Revelation, The Antichrist, and Chiliasm Constantine and the Orthodox Apocalypse

4--The Ancient Illuminated Astronomy
Hebrew Illuminism The Teli, the Cycle, and the Heart: Serpents in the Sky The Kaaba, The El Most High, and the Covenant of Abraham Islam: Sanctuary of Sacred Science

Part Three The Gothic Renaissance and the Holy Grail

5--The Hermetic Pope And The Knights Templar
The Alchemical Transmission and the Recovery of the West TheAlchemical Pope and The Creation of the Millennium Peter the Hermit, the First Crusade, and the Rock of Zion The Secret of the Knights of the Temple of Solomon

6--Grail Knights, Perfecti, and the Illuminated Sages of Provence
The Hermetic Grail The Grail in Provence The Perfecti The Stone of the Wise Elijah, Eschatology, and the Underground Stream

7--Temples of the Cosmos, Cathedrals of the Goddess
The Hermetic Cathedrals
"Bright Is the Noble Work . . ."
The Gothic Cathedrals of Our Lady The Stone That Fell from Heaven, Black Virgins, and the Temple of the Grail The Philosophers' Church

Part Four The Mystery of the Cathedrals

8--The Grand Hermetic Theme and the Tree of Life
Fulcanelli's Notre-Dame-de-Paris Our Hermetic Tour Guide Poses a Conundrum Solving the Conundrum Saint Marcel's Dragon The World Tree and Astro-Alchemy

9--Fulcanelli's Tree of Life and the Mystery of the Cathedrals
Le Mystère as the Tree of Life The Alchemy of Light: Fulcanelli's Kabbalah

Part Five Hendaye's Message: The Season of Catastrophe and the Place of Refuge

10--The Mystery of the Great Cross at Hendaye
A Forgotten Cross Precessional Mythmaking and an Enigmatic Altar to the God of Time Vishnunabhi, the Mother, and the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor The Mystery of the Stone Altar

11--The Message of the Great Cross at Hendaye
Triangulating the Myth and the Message Deciphering the Code The Monument Speaks: The Season of the Apocalypse The Philosopher's Stone and the Quality of Time

12--Catastrophe and Refuge
Cosmic Superimposition: Wilhelm Reich, Orgone, and the Center of the Galaxy Messages from Many Sources Earth Under Fire: The Double Catastrophe Revealed The Inscription's Message and the Place of Refuge A Sign Pointing toward Peru Atlantis in the Andes The Navel of the World Inca Caves and the Cross at Urcos

Part Six The Great Mystery: Illuminated Masters, Apocalyptic Refuges, and Mythic Time

13--From Atlantis to Shambhala
The Cross and the Myth of Time Looking East: A Refuge in the Himalayas Padmasambhava and the Temple of the Cosmos Shambhala and the Wheel of Time

14--Alchemy and Transcendence

Epilogue: Fulcanelli Revealed

Appendix A--Fulcanelli on the Green Language
Appendix B--The Emerald Tablet
Appendix C--Notes on Mount Zion
Appendix D--Tree of Life Symbology in Le Mystère des cathédrales
Appendix E--The Cyclic Cross of Hendaye

Notes Bibliography Acknowledgments Index